[kiryandil]

The economy has added more jobs than expected in each of the past three months...

You can pretend that "there have been more jobs created", but you can't pretend how much state personal income tax is paid.

Why are the income tax revenue numbers for the biggest states FALLING? :-)

[The Duke]

You can pretend that "there have been more jobs created", but you can't pretend how much state personal income tax is paid.

You've hit the nail on the head there - looking at the trend in tax revenues coming in compensates for the many cases in which highly professional people are underemployed, and shows the *REAL* picture.